shooting=therapy

[Ignition Override]

Without a doubt. You choose your fun, and you control it, and it requires No Procedures, other than common sense safety.
Not only can you stand or sit etc in a natural setting, you can have the freedom to hit whatever targets you can set up and destroy.

After working hard to catch up and make it -on schedule- through the first level of the company's "normal procedures eval.", it was a major relief to go home for the weekend.
Taking out the SKS (aperture sight) with 70 rds. of ammo was a blast, even under cloudy skies.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Shooting . . . Therapy?

A concept near and dear to my heart.



A wife's recovery: [post=4685547]Can we go to the range?[/post]

A post-SD-shooting recommendation: [post=2936171]Range Time For Girlfriend[/post]

Perspective on extroversion: [post=3054602]A Little Perspective[/post]

Disabled vets rifle therapy: [post=3096720]Therapy[/post]

On health and morale: [post=2916779]Shooting For Therapy[/post]

A summary of earlier therapy mentions: [post=3203109]Therapy?[/post]


And so, in closing, allow me to register my complete agreement that shooting is therapy.

 

[Remllez]

Ah, Zen and the art of shooting....

 

[lizziedog1]

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
Thomas Jefferson

Can't say it any better.

 

[Gunnerboy]

Best anti depressent is a propane bottle and some tracer rounds

 

[ThorinNNY]

I guess therapy means different things to different people. Having been exposed to physical therapy by physical terrorphists, I tend to view therapy as having to perform a series of unpleasant tasks someone else THINKS may benefit you and KNOWS will benefit them financially.
Shooting is far, far better than mere therapy,IMHOP.

 

[8654Maine]

Another disciple here.

The work I do makes me see the worst in folks.

I can either drown in drink, grind my teeth, or go run or shoot.

 

[RustHunter87]

AWW YA, i was just talkin about this with a local ffl, he said something along the lines of "dosent seem to matter how angry you are you can go out and rip of a 30 round mag and feel a million times better, but the antis will never understand that!" I agree wholeheartedly in fact im going to go put it to practice Right now

 

[talldragon]

+1

Almost nothing better than a day at the range, burning through a brick of .22lr..........
Even better, the bark and kick of the .300 H&H Magnum............

Priceless......

ETA: for more fun, need to get a shotgun next.....

 

[scallop]

Yes, yes indeed. I call it "recoil therapy".

 

[JohnnyK]

beating the crap out of drums and cymbals at home is good.... blowing the crap out of flying clays with my Saiga-12= therapy for sure.... shooting targets as fast as I can either at a class or 3-gun is also therapy for sure!!! I'd much rather hear my AKs making noise than my wife complaining!!!!

 

[Scuba_Steve]

The relaxation aspect is what got me into shooting. If I'm having a stressful day at work, the concentration required to focus on the target allows time to forget about all the outside stress.

 

[allaroundhunter]

Shooting is definitely therapeutic for me. I also find that sitting in the woods waiting and watching works just as well. Depending on the time of year, sometimes I can do both

 

[Husker_Fan]

The noise seems to quiet the voices too.

 

[Detachment Charlie]

Hussker Fan, nothing helps keep the voices down like the bark of my 44. Mag. or redhot, screamin' .357s. Of course, a .45 ACP ain't nothing to laugh at. And, the VA says I'm nuts!

 

[Remllez]

LOL^^^^^^......I think.......

 

[MAJ Mike]

The value of range therapy is magnified when I notice that my shot groups are better than the shooters to the left and right of my position. I'll be having therapy sessions Thursday and Friday this week.

 

[latesvak]

I would have to agree 100 percent . I call it my version of yoga. Between that and fishing
It's just how I relax. Speaking of which I need to head out this weekend.





Latesvak

 

[PT92]

I don't no about the rest of you but the other day all of the pressures of being a functioning member of society got to me. So I went shooting and I gotta say it was very therapeutic. Am I the only one who feels like this or do this

Indeed, just what the doctored ordered!

-Cheers

 

[Marlin60Man]

Oh, it's very therapeutic to me. Got into a little car wreck this weekend, stress with insurance claims and what not, pretty much bugging me. Had to get out to my spot just to shoot off about 100 rounds.

Actually probably shouldn't have been driving, but yeah, gotta blow off some steam.

 

[glenns]

There is a shooting range about 10-15 minutes from work. Shooting a few magazines does wonders to relieve a stressful day. Clears the mind.

 

[Serenity]

I'm going to give up every other massage and use the money for shooting (ammo and gear).

 

[mljdeckard]

Did anyone else watch Modern Family tonight?

 

[Lex Luthier]

I gratefully consider shooting "recoil therapy".

 

[Guy B. Meredith]

Remllez beat me to it. Be the bullet.